title: Side reaction of pyrenylalanine-peptides containing NG-tosylarginine during detosylation with hydrogen fluoride.
abstract: Formation of by-products of pyrenylalanine-peptides was observed during the cleavage of a tosyl group in pyrenylalanine-peptides containing an Arg(Tos) residue with HF. NMR and fluorescence experiments showed that by-products were compounds in which a pyrenyl group was modified with a tosyl group(s). The side reaction was little suppressed by the addition of usual scavengers such as anisole, 1,2-ethanedithiol, thioanisole and p-cresol. Under the conditions used for the cleavage of N alpha-Boc group, i.e., trifluoroacetic acid or 4 M HCl in dioxane, the pyrenylalanine residue was stable. No side reaction was, furthermore, observed in the reductive cleavage with sodium in liquid ammonia. These results suggest that the side reaction may be due to an electrophilic attack of tosyl cations to the electron-rich pyrenyl group in the pyrenylalanine residue under the HF-mediated acidic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D006858:Hydrofluoric Acid; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014105:Tosyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011721:Pyrenes; D014105:Tosyl Compounds; C047443:1-pyrenylalanine; D000409:Alanine; D006858:Hydrofluoric Acid